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Metro's 'Spring Break' Over, Track Work Resumes

The weekend track work schedule picks up again this weekend.

Metro's track work free weekends of cherry blossom time are over.

This weekend—from 10 p.m. on Friday, April 19, through closing on Sunday, April 21—Red Line trains will be replaced by free shuttle buses between Gallery Place and Union Station "as workers install 600 feet of new lighting fixtures between the tracks at Judiciary Square Station. ... Rail service must be suspended because the light fixtures are located within inches of both third rails," Metro reported on its website.

The Judiciary Square Station will be closed all weekend, and trains will run between Glenmont and Union Station every 10 minutes during daytime hours and at regular weekend intervals at other times.

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Between Shady Grove and Farragut North, trains will run every 10 minutes during daytime hours and at regular weekend intervals at other times.

Additionally, "a special 'shuttle train' will run continuously between Farragut North, Metro Center and Gallery Place. Customers traveling between these three stations and the western side of the Red Line should transfer across the platform at Farragut North to continue their trip," Metro advised.

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Passengers using the shuttle buses should allow about 10 to 15 minutes of additional travel time.

Finally, "[to] allow for shuttle bus connections, the last train from Glenmont to Union Station will depart 32 minutes earlier than normal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. The train will leave Glenmont at 2:05 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 11:05 p.m. on Sunday," Metro reported.


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